Briefing an external auditor without drowning them

External monetization reviews fail when the brief is a vague “look at our revenue.” They succeed when the questions are sharp and the boundaries are written down.

Three questions beat thirty slides

Write the three questions the board already asks. Example: “Did Mid-Autumn IAP land in the May settlement?” is better than “Please review monetization.”

Name the window

Pick dates. Open-ended “recent performance” invites scope creep and weaker findings.

Declare what you will not share

Player PII, unreleased roadmap decks, and unrelated titles should be excluded explicitly. Auditors work faster inside clear fences.

Assign two owners

One finance owner and one live-ops owner. A single “project coordinator” who cannot answer either domain slows the challenge pass.

Expect pushback on thin scope

If your questions require full integrity work, a cheap reconciliation will not answer them. Good firms will say so before taking the deposit.

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